Alongside the BRICS de-dollarization plans, the Chinese yuan has officially overtaken the US dollar as the top traded currency in Russia. Indeed, the currency has now surpassed the greenback as the most prominent foreign exchange […]
“Rates have been extremely low for a long time — it’s hard to know how many investors and companies are truly prepared for a higher rate environment.” By Wolf Richter for WOLF STREET. Jamie Dimon, in his letter […]
Suddenly lots of talk the 10-year yield will revisit 5%, which is funny just a few months after Rate-Cut Mania. By Wolf Richter for WOLF STREET. The 10-year Treasury yield rose to 4.40% on Friday, the highest since […]
Quantitative Tightening has removed 37% of Treasury securities and 27% of MBS that pandemic QE had added. By Wolf Richter for WOLF STREET. Total assets on the Fed’s balance sheet fell by $99 billion in March, to $7.44 […]
Billionaire hedge fund manager Steve Cohen said Wednesday that it will be difficult for the Federal Reserve to get inflation back down to its 2% goal. “The Fed thinks it’s eventually going to come down to a […]
In a recent CNN poll, 48 percent of respondents stated that they believe the economy remains in a downturn, and only 35 percent said that things in the country today are going well. The disparity […]
Biggest Drunken Sailors of all. Average interest rate on the Treasury debt spiked but is still only half of what it was in 2001. By Wolf Richter for WOLF STREET. Interest payments as a percent of tax receipts is […]
By Wolf Richter for WOLF STREET. The core PCE price index, the inflation index that the Fed is focused on and refers to all the time, was revised up today for January to an annualized month-to-month growth rate […]
The EU never enforced its Growth and Stability Pact or Maastricht Treaty rules. The crisis is coming to a head with France and Italy in the spotlight. The first casualty will be Green policy. Compliance […]
We’ve been pointing it out for so long – in fact, for most of our 15 years in existence – that it has become more of a chore than actual reporting, especially since the “number only go […]
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